Utilities Operations Supervisor

Utilities Operations Supervisor

The Utilities Operations Supervisor is responsible for overseeing daily operation of the unit, ensuring the shift runs in a safe, environmentally responsible and efficient manner focused on meeting business team objectives. The supervisor coordinates communication between management and operations on unit rates, equipment status, and inventory through regular meetings and reports. This role directs 4 Shift Team Leads and 1 Field Safety/Project Representative (direct reports) and 10 Outside Operators (indirect reports) including performance management, training and development and daily coaching.

• Meet all SHE objectives and comply with all governmental laws and policies for a manufacturing site.
• Ensure all operations activities are carried out in a safe and efficient manner consistent with the INEOS 20 Safety Principles, Life Saving Rules and site policies/standards.
• Ensure all operations activities are carried out in a manner compliant with site environmental permit requirements.
• Be a safety leader through visible leadership in the field, including safety observation conversations and audits.
• Adhere to the SHE management system established for the site including participation in reporting, incident investigations, sharing of lessons learned, corrective action tracking and personnel training.
• Know the specific process and work execution hazards within the asset to plan work and communicate hazards to operations and work execution teams.
• Promote participation on safety programs and committees for site‑wide initiatives.
• Continuously stimulate employees’ safety awareness.
• Ensure the unit responds to incidents in a safe, timely/appropriate manner.
• Serve as a resource for LOTO and Safe Work Permitting process, including participation in job‑specific JSA reviews and approving safety system bypass tags and any permit deviations.
• Ensure proper housekeeping and meet Asset Care priorities for the unit.
• Put safety ahead of production or maintenance.
• Stop work or initiate safe shutdown of the asset if warranted.
• Ensure asset compliance with process safety programs, including completion of key operations checks and operator engagement.

• Manage operations personnel consistently across shifts and leaders to ensure standards are met or exceeded via feedback, annual performance reviews, accountability and coaching conversations.
• Coach and mentor operating leadership, individual team members or others to continuously improve operations.
• Ensure operations personnel time is entered and approved before payroll processing.
• Foster teamwork across shifts and with all functional groups for alignment with maximum impact.
• Develop, implement, and improve operating procedures.
• Initiate the annual procedure review process, assign reviews to the team and update to ensure procedures are current and compliant.
• Ensure the workforce has the tools necessary by identifying and implementing training.
• Work with site training resources to develop and implement asset training strategy and individual employee development plans.
• Communicate site goals and priorities to operations personnel and establish crew goals and buy‑in.
• Ensure compliance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement and grievance procedures with operations personnel; resolve union issues with HR.
• Mentor operations personnel through problem‑solving, root‑cause analysis and fact‑gathering.

• Accountable for overall operation of the Utilities asset, oversee process control, monitor and troubleshoot process and equipment.
• Report and follow up to resolve process deviations, equipment failures and hazards, assist in investigations and problem resolution.
• Ensure process systems operate in accordance with safe operating procedures.
• Ensure compliance with routine operations tasks such as operator rounds, routine sampling and correct or escalation as needed.
• Oversee planned maintenance, project execution and technical improvement activities in the area.
• Maintain…